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Frank Oliver Bezanson

With great sadness, the family of Frank Oliver Bezanson, 92 of Berwick, announce his passing on January 16, 2020 in the Grand View Manor. Born on February 5, 1927, he was the son of the late Arthur Elroy and Mary Gertrude Bezanson in Berwick, Nova Scotia.

Frank attended Horton Academy and eventually graduated from the Maritime Business Academy in Halifax in 1948. He returned home to run the Berwick Bakery, which his parents had founded in 1927. He worked alongside his older brother, Gerald until it was sold to Eastern Bakeries in 1967. Under the management of Gerald and Frank, the bakery continued the family tradition of supporting Berwick sports teams, contributing to the upkeep of Rainforth Park and assisting in other Town of Berwick initiatives. In recognition of their support, the Bezanson Family, A.E., Gertrude, Gerald and Frank, were inducted into the Berwick Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. After retiring from the Bakery, Frank sold insurance for the Kings Mutual Insurance Company.

Although an avid traveler, Frank lived in Berwick his entire life. Along with Joan, he travelled from one end of North America to the other visiting family and seeing the vast sights. In 1972, he took his family to England and Scotland. Frank and Joan spent winters Florida later in life.

Frank loved animals; he owned horses and dogs as a young man and could be seen walking his grand puppy through Berwick up until his health no longer allowed. He had a green thumb and shared the bounty of an extensive vegetable garden with many members of the community. Frank and Joan were skilled dancers and they loved the big band sounds of the 1940’s and 1950’s. Beyond being a competent baker, it was his duty to make bake beans every Saturday of his married life.

Frank was a member of the Berwick Lion’s Club and the Berwick Curling Club. He chaired the Berwick Board of Trade for two years starting in 1959. He was also a town councillor for The Town of Berwick. Frank was a strong supporter of Berwick Gala Days and could be seen selling hot dogs on the grounds in his baker’s hat.

He will be forever missed by his family and we will remember his infectious smile and laugh.

Frank is survived by his loving wife Betty Joan (Banks). They were married in 1950 and would have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on May 5th, 2020. He is survived by his children Ric (Kathy), Mary Susan, Nancy Lee and Birdie Jane. Frank is also survived by his brother Gerald, nephews Greg (Pat), Peter (Patricia) and Danny (Sandy) and his sister-in-law Iris (Schrier)) Banks and her children, Paul (Eugenia), Danni (John) and Jenny (Pat). Frank has nine grandchildren: Laurie (Graham) Guard, Lacey (Tom) Johns, Hazen and Joanie Murray, Jana (Costa) Kreakakos, Devon Bezanson, Nick (Jen) Bezanson, Meagan (Kenny) MacDonald, and Matthew (Heather) Sinclair. Frank’s seven great grandchildren brought a smile to his face until his last days: Ella and Ryann (Laurie), Dallas and Knox (Meagan), Juno and Frankie (Lacey), Ellis (Jana), and Rosie Katherine (Nick). He will be forever missed by his family; we will remember his infectious smile and laugh and his generous, loyal nature.

The family would like to thank the Grand View Manor for their kindness and dedication.

A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 2:00 pm in the Berwick Baptist Church. Reception will follow service in the Church Annex. Family Flowers only. Arrangements have been entrusted to Serenity Funeral Home, Berwick Funeral Chapel, 192 Commercial Street, Berwick, NS.¹

HAINES, Ralph Waldo - 94, Martin's Brook, Lunenburg Co., died Thursday, December 8, 2005, in Harbour View Haven, Lunenburg.

Born in New Germany, he was a son of the late Steven and Annie Etta (Bezanson Whittier) Haines. He was a member of Calvary Temple Pentecostal Church, Mahone Bay, a veteran of the Second World War and a member of the Unity Lodge No. 4 of the Masonic Order, with a 55 year service award. Waldo started work as a carpenter with Maritime Manufacturers, Mader's Cove, as a cabinet maker. He later worked on the Dew Line as a carpenter and then as a lighthouse keeper on Cross Island for 14 years.

He is survived by sons, Arnold and wife Carolyn, Martin's River; Gerald and wife Elizabeth, Nepean, Ont; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great great-grandchild.

He was predeceased by wife, Mona Mae (Young) Haines; half-brothers, Clayton and Harold Whittier, and Stewart and Harold Haines. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, Lunenburg, with visiting hours Saturday from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 7-9 p.m., and where the funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Rev. James Haughn officiating. Interment will be in Martin's Brook Cemetery, Martin's Brook.³

OSBORNE BEZANSON

Boston, Feb 28 (AP) - Osborne Bezanson. 72, retired president and chairman of the board of Chemstrand Corp, died yeserday in Massachusetts General Hospital.

Bezanson had been ranching in Tatum, Tex, since retiring in 1934. At one time he was employed by the Merrimack Chemical co of Woburn, Mass.

He was stricken five days ago while he and his wife were visiting their son, Stephen, at Phillips Exeter Academy.

He also leaves his widow, two other sons. Robert of New Boston, NH, and Richard B. of Winchester, and two daughters, Mrs Urshal Gannon of Wyckoff. NJ, and Mrs Bernard Kane, of Boston, NH.

Funeral services and burial will be in Marshall, Tex.¹¹

Mrs. Osborne Bezanson

WOBURN, Aug. 8 -- Funeral services for Mrs. Edith B. Bezanson, wife of Osborne Bezanson, president of Monsanto Chemical Company, who died Thursday night, were held this afternoon at her home, 628 Main st. Rev. Robert Munson Grey officiated. Besides her husband, who came from Texas to be with her during her illness, Mrs. Bezanson leaves two sons, Robert and Richard; two daughters, Mrs. Urshal E. Gammon and Miss Dorothea Bezanson; three sisters and a brother.⁸

Services for Marguerita Crouse Bezanson of Austin are pending with Sullivan Funeral Home. Ms. Bezanson died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, in Austin.⁵

Marguerite Inez Crouse was born February 14, 1909, in Marshall, Texas.

At the outbreak of World War II, she completed officers' candidate school at the Woman's Auxiliary Corps Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. She was ordered to active duty effective January 23, 1943, as an instructor at WAAC Branch Number 1, Army Administration School at Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. During her tour of duty at the Nacogdoches school, she also was assigned other duties, including Assistant Personnel Officer, Public Relations Officer, Special Services Officer, and Assistant Adjunct. In January 1944 she was made Adjunct and Commander of Headquarters Company. She eventually obtained the rank of Captain before leaving the service.

In 1944 she married Osborne Bezanson and was living in Tatum, Texas, in 1986.

The collection consists chiefly of special orders relating to the military service and career of Bezanson, most of which were issued at the Nacogdoches Army Administration School.²